trust in the LORD with all my heart
it's time to stop thinking that i know what's going on with my life. you'd think with me being the one living it, that i'd have a clue, but i don't. what's the proverb? "many are the plans of man, but the Lord directs his steps."
my vacation didn't go the way i supposed it would. not that it was bad; it was in fact very refreshing in its challenges. my time spent with Luke in Texas and after getting back to the DR brought us to the decision that we were most likely not going to be together long term (aka marriage) and therefore should no longer date. it was a tough but peace-giving goodbye -- i'll no longer have his very good friendship, yet all the wondering of this past year is no longer taxing my mind and heart. this was a difficult concept to explain to 10 teenage girls -- 2 people who really like and enjoy oneanother, at marrying ages, breaking it off. i've been praying that it could be used as an example of...something....i'm not sure what just yet. i know that in faith we began courting and in faith we've stopped. by grace we served oneanother and by grace we parted. i know that just because someone is incredible doesn't mean you're supposed to be with them. and i know that Hebrews says that marriage is sacred and to be honored; not something anyone should enter into lightly, but be certain of and crazy about with all their being. i'm sure more lessons will come to me as time goes by. this i know for now - "to lean not on my own understanding."
my vacation didn't go the way i supposed it would. not that it was bad; it was in fact very refreshing in its challenges. my time spent with Luke in Texas and after getting back to the DR brought us to the decision that we were most likely not going to be together long term (aka marriage) and therefore should no longer date. it was a tough but peace-giving goodbye -- i'll no longer have his very good friendship, yet all the wondering of this past year is no longer taxing my mind and heart. this was a difficult concept to explain to 10 teenage girls -- 2 people who really like and enjoy oneanother, at marrying ages, breaking it off. i've been praying that it could be used as an example of...something....i'm not sure what just yet. i know that in faith we began courting and in faith we've stopped. by grace we served oneanother and by grace we parted. i know that just because someone is incredible doesn't mean you're supposed to be with them. and i know that Hebrews says that marriage is sacred and to be honored; not something anyone should enter into lightly, but be certain of and crazy about with all their being. i'm sure more lessons will come to me as time goes by. this i know for now - "to lean not on my own understanding."
posted by Autumn Rogers at 9:09 PM
3 Comments:
Thanks for sharing, for your honesty, for your courage. You are a good example of godly getting-together and godly breaking-off. Continue believing that God's good words for you will come to completion (see post Good Words on my site). Love and prayers for you, dear.
Amen,sister!
Autumn,
Making decisions like that can be excruciatingly difficult. I'm so glad you and Luke chose to follow God in faith rather than your own desires for security and safety. Only in God's will do we find perfect peace, and it sounds like you are stepping closer to it each day.
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